In mid-September, Gower Street Analytics projected global box office for 2021 would come in at $20.2B. The London-based film tech company has now increased its estimate to $21.6B, with the possibility of hitting a nice round $22B.
The reason for the shift is primarily driven by the strong performance of October titles including China’s The Battle At Lake Changjin ($830M through this past Sunday), MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die ($525.2M) and Sony’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($352.4M).
Warner Bros/Legendary’s Dune is also coming out of a strong, expanded release frame with a global total of $223.2M per Monday actuals.Gower Street now sees worldwide ticket sales for the year repping an 80% increase on 2021 (compared with its earlier
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